An historical & geographical description of the great country & river of the Amazones in America. Drawn out of divers authors, and reduced into a better forme; with a mapp of the river, and of its provinces, being that place which Sr Walter Rawleigh intended to conquer and plant, when he made his voyage to Guiana. / Written in French by the Count of Pagan, and dedicated to Cardinall Mazarine, in order to a conquest by the Cardinals motion to be undertaken. And now translated into English by William Hamilton, and humbly offered to his Majesty, as worthy his consideration.

CHAP. XLVI. Of the Camp of the Portugalls in the Pro∣vince of the long-hair'd Nation.

VVHile all this is in preparing by the diligence of Alonzo Perez de Salazar, President of the Royal Audience of Kito, for the return of the Portugalls; and the Rendesvows of the Fleet, and the Troops, is put upon the 20^th of Feburary 1639, in the Town of Archidona, and at the Haven of Napo, a great deal more con∣venient in all things, than that of Payamino: let us go visit the Camp of the Portugalls on the River of the Chevelu's or long-hair'd People, untill the Army come to it again in

its coming down. It was left in this place by the prudence of the Captain Major Tex∣eira, as well to content the Provinces of the Crown of Custile, as to give the lesse jealousie to the Spaniards of Peru, in keep∣ing far enough off from the limits of that Kingdom. At the first, the Camp had good correspondence with the Savages of that Countrey; it had victuals and provisions enough for buying. But this peaceable commerce could not last long, because of the late death of Captain John de Palacies, who was defait by the Savages of this Countrey and Province. Some of the Camp desired to revenge it, and chastise their boldnesse; but others feared to get hard measure and rough handling from them. Thus the least occasion coming to sow the discord, and three Indians of the Portugalls having been put to death by the Natives; these fierce people put themselves in arms, to defend their own lives, and their Countries. In so great a danger, the Portugalls lost not their courage; and as having been used to this long before, not to suffer such a licentiousnesse amongst the Na∣tive Indians where they were; they set themselves presently to punish them for this.

And after they had killed some of them, and taken alive more than seventy, they kept them as slaves, untill they all ei∣ther died, or escaped by flight. But after this the Portugalls could have no provision but by the point of their Sword, and by continuall excursions of their men, sent from their Camp; both giving and receiving also a great deal of hurt, above all in their Vessels, whereof some were saccaged, or spoil'd, and the lesse strong of them quite undone by these Barbarians. But in the snares and ambushes, as many Portugalls as were taken alive, their throats were cruel∣ly cut, which amounted to some considerable losse to them; though that of the enemies was far greater. Thus the prudence and valour of Pedro d'Acosta, the courage and fidelity of Pedro Bayon, and as well the dis∣cipline, as obedience of the Souldiers, can never receive their just enough praises, for having maintain'd their Camp thus in the Province of the long-hair'd People, for e∣leven whole Moneths, and without any o∣ther News from their own, than the return of the Fleet, upon which they went all a∣board again.